The System Administration section is where SICS can be customized to the specific needs of your company. It is here that you can set up restrictions (like access restrictions) and add basic system values (like reference data). You can, for example, add options to those that SICS has provided in a particular drop-down list or, you may want to change a calculation method or add a category other than Calendar and Fiscal to a Year Rate category.
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This is a functionality that aids in the building of document templates. In the External Interface GUI it is possible to select a business or a claim and see list of the available tags including the value that would be returned from the respective claim/business.
This can make it much easier to find a field you are looking to add to your document template.
The values are even searchable so you can quickly locate the relevant tag
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The Oracle Loader # Oracle has a utility for doing bulk-inserts that is called SQLLOAD. If you are connected to an Oracle database server while doing migration, the data files that are output will be in the format required by the Oracle loader.
Each file has two sections, the header section and the data section. The header section gives information about the format and destination of the data, including the table, column names, types, order, and format information.
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Maintain Data Protection Country Groups # The Data Protection Country Group tab is only available if Claim System Parameter Data Protection Is In Use is activated. The group itself is only used when defining the Claim Data Protection domain restriction, and in the application of this.
Create a Data Protection Country Group
Open The Data Protection Country Group window, and select New from popup menu Define a Country Group Name.
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This function enables you to create billing statements and reminder statements for all billable clients as opposed to billing each one individually. In order for the query to run, the business partner, insured period and the balance itself must have the Include in Billing Statement check box selected.
Batch Billing icon
Click the Batch Billing icon on the Periodic Function folder on the SICS workstation desktop to open the Batch Billing - Balance Selection window.
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The system parameters for Ceded are only available if your company uses the specific Ceded functionalities in SICS.
Field Description Automatic Update of Headline Loss Location Selected: System allows automatic update of headline loss location when processing claims through Ceded Interface.Cleared: System does not allow for automatic update of headline loss location when processing claims through Ceded Interface.Relevant when: You want the system to accept ceded claims processed thro Automatic Update of Headline Loss Dates Selected: System allows automatic update of headline loss period when processing claims through Ceded Interface.
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The Data Loader Utilities folder gives you access to the icons that let you to access the batch booking and exchange rate loaderutilities.
Exchange Rate Loader # The SICS Currency Exchange Rate loader allows you to load Day Rates from an external file into the SICS Database, thus ensuring the most recent rates available.
The loader is based on the same principles as the SICS Migration Tool Kit.
Enable/Disable Message Logging # When you load data into SICS using any of the other data loader facilities, for example, Exchange Rate Loader and Batch Booking Loader, a message file is created.
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The external template files contain tags that are either placeholders for substitution data from SICS, or commands to the document production facility.
All tags are surrounded by the symbols ‘<‘and ‘>’. The first character after the opening tag bracket must be one of these:
‘#’ Meaning that this tag identifies a SICS data field which is to be substituted into the text. ‘@’ Meaning that this tag identifies a command. Data field tags # SICS data fields’ tags are identified in dot-notation.
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Calculation Model Entry Code Maintenance icon.
In order to perform the calculations on an Individual cession, mappings must be provided that link calculation names to entry codes.
This will allow SICS to automatically calculate the accounting items on cessions, either to generate the items initially, or so that entered accounting values may be validated against the calculation rules specified on the business to which the cession is attached.
Note! Calculation Model Entry Code Maintenance applies to SICS Life only.
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Organizations sharing the same SICS installation may consist of several legal entities, where each entity has its own business partners. In this case, it may be beneficial to link the Business Partners to the Base Company they belong.
Open the Base Company Select Details Tab From the pop-up menu, select Add Business Partners Find the wanted Business Partner, transfer Select OK Linked Business Partners: # The business partners linked to this Base Company.
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